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The Best Family Shows to Catch at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe
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Joel Bray: ‘I have a willingness to bare my soul’
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Joel Bray: ‘I have a willingness to bare my soul’
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25 Years of The Gruffalo: Behind the Stage Adaptation
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25 Years of The Gruffalo: Behind the Stage Adaptation
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Two Decades on the Edge: Why the Camden Fringe Prefers Pragmatism to Empire Building
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Two Decades on the Edge: Why the Camden Fringe Prefers Pragmatism to Empire Building
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The Sharpest Comedy Picks for the Edinburgh Fringe 2026
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The Sharpest Comedy Picks for the Edinburgh Fringe 2026
Will Quinn29 Jul 2026 7:30 AM
Assembly Rescues 17 Fringe Shows with St Andrew Square Move
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Assembly Rescues 17 Fringe Shows with St Andrew Square Move
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London Arts Facilitation Society launches £1,500 Fringe award for working-class acts
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London Arts Facilitation Society launches £1,500 Fringe award for working-class acts
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What caught your eye — or raised an eyebrow! These are our top three most-read articles this month!
Inside the Fringe’s First International Burlesque Festival
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Inside the Fringe’s First International Burlesque Festival
From classic striptease to alternative circus, explore the new International Fringe Burlesque Festival running this August at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.
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Review: Lord of the Dance – 30th Anniversary | Edinburgh Playhouse
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Review: Lord of the Dance – 30th Anniversary | Edinburgh Playhouse
At Edinburgh Playhouse, Lord of the Dance delivers flawless precision while navigating the artistic shadow of its creator, Michael Flatley.
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The Theatre You’d Be Mad to Miss at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe
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The Theatre You’d Be Mad to Miss at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe
From Wonder Fools to TravFest 2026, discover essential theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe. Our curated guide to the unmissable plays on stage this August.
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Review: Lord of the Dance – 30th Anniversary | Edinburgh Playhouse

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Review: Lear – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
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Review: Lear – Pitlochry Festival Theatre

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East Neuk Festival 2026: An Eclectic Musical Triumph in Fife
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East Neuk Festival 2026: An Eclectic Musical Triumph in Fife

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Joel Bray: ‘I have a willingness to bare my soul’
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Joel Bray: ‘I have a willingness to bare my soul’
The Wiradjuri dancer and choreographer discusses vulnerability, using comedy against trauma, and bringing his solo show to the Fringe.
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25 Years of The Gruffalo: Behind the Stage Adaptation
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25 Years of The Gruffalo: Behind the Stage Adaptation
As Tall Stories’ stage adaptation marks its 25th anniversary, the cast and company reflect on keeping Julia Donaldson’s monster fresh for new audiences.
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Two Decades on the Edge: Why the Camden Fringe Prefers Pragmatism to Empire Building
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Two Decades on the Edge: Why the Camden Fringe Prefers Pragmatism to Empire Building
Why does the Camden Fringe prefer pragmatism to empire building? Co-founders Zena Barrie & Michelle Flower look back on 20 years of independent London theatre.
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Interview: Afsaneh Gray on NYT’s shopfront soap Nail Bar
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Interview: Afsaneh Gray on NYT’s shopfront soap Nail Bar
Playwright Afsaneh Gray talks bringing soap opera mechanics to an empty shopfront on Holloway Road in the National Youth Theatre's site-specific Nail Bar.
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Decoding Marie Maitland: An Interview with Ashley Douglas
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Decoding Marie Maitland: An Interview with Ashley Douglas
Sass MacDonald interviews Ashley Douglas on her new book 'With My Own Hand' and the painstaking archival hunt for Scotland’s 16th-century Sappho.
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Meet Richard Just Around the Corner: Staging a Modern Monster
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Meet Richard Just Around the Corner: Staging a Modern Monster
Director Nicolás Perez Costa and actor Hugo Coello discuss bringing a brutal, percussive, and physically decaying world of Richard III to London’s Cockpit.
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#FringeQuickies

The Quinntessential Review’s original bite-sized interview series with EdFringe performers. This year, over 10% of shows took part!

Check them out in the doomscroll — it’s fast, funny, and scrollable in seconds. Fringe 2025 may be finished, but their words live on!
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Or check out these boosted picks — a handful of Quickies from performers who’ve helped support our Fringe coverage ❤️

A Fringe Quickie (#90) with ‘Brendan Scannell: The Abyss’
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Street food favourites: Our guide to Edinburgh Street Food (ESF)

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Local’s street food guide to Edinburgh’s Christmas Market (Princes St) – 2024
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Local’s street food guide to Edinburgh’s Christmas Market (Princes St) – 2024

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EdFringe Review: Baby Lasagna
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EdFringe Review: Baby Lasagna

Baby Lasagna, aka Croatian singer Marko Purišic, was to be my last review of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. Unfortunately, Baby Lasagna didn’t get the…

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EdFringe Review: Sam Williams: Touch Me Not
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EdFringe Review: Sam Williams: Touch Me Not

Sam Williams’ debut hour, Touch Me Not, sets itself the ambitious task of unpicking the apparent contradictions of being both Christian and bisexual. It is…

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EdFringe Review: I Was Almost Killed By an Angry Mob at the Edinburgh Fringe
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EdFringe Review: I Was Almost Killed By an Angry Mob at the Edinburgh Fringe

“In 2015, Matty Grey, kids’ comedian, accidentally insulted a child in passing at the Edinburgh Fringe. What happened next would see the brief interaction go…

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